i'm michelle henery. thank you for joining us.n today's show -- sloakia's growing paramilitary force. overspending in spain -- a village impoverished by corruption. and, counting hungry crows in switzerland. here in europe the popularity of far right parties is on the rise. they have spread their xenophobic message on the back of fears about the arrival of hundred of thousands of migrants from the middle east and north africa during the refugee crisis.

i'm michelle henery. thank you for joining us.oming up on today's show: gearing up to close the austrian border, getting to grips with drugs in russia, singing your way to success in sweden. there is a picturesque mountain crossing that connects italy and austria called the brenner pass. there cows graze, famers raise crops and the austrians and

i'm michelle henery. thanks for joining us.g up on today's show -- turkey's pipe-carving tradition goes up in smoke . holidaymakers fear clear -- holidaymakers steer clear of belgium and survivalists in poland prepare for disaster. for the people who joined colonia dignidad, a secretive sect, secluded in the andes mountains of chile, there was no escape. founded in 1961, by germans, most of them former nazis, there

i'm michelle henery. thanks for joining us.oming up on today's show -- turkey's pipe-carving tradition goes up in smoke . holidaymakers fear clear -- holidaymakers steer clear of belgium and survivalists in poland prepare for disaster. for the people who joined colonia dignidad, a secretive sect, secluded in the andes mountains of chile, there was no escape. founded in 1961, by germans, most of them former nazis, there horrifying events unfolded, including torture, slavery and child abuse. at that time , german diplomats in chile did nothing to stop the atrocities. now its victims, including erick zott, hope that germany's decision to declassify files about the group will finally help them get justice. reporter: this is erick zott's first visit to berlin in years - , a trip in decades past he would not have been free to embark on. his time trapped in the infamous colonia dignidad cult has left him traumatized, not least because of the torture he was subjected to. >> colonia dignidad remains something that i can never forget. at

i'm michelle henery. thank you for joining us.oming up on today's show: gearing up to close the austrian border, getting to grips with drugs in russia, singing your way to success in sweden. there is a picturesque mountain crossing that connects italy and austria called the brenner pass. there cows graze, famers raise crops and the austrians and italians who live in the area, mingle easily. but this border region, once seen as a symbol of europe's cohesion, could now herald its disintegration. fearing the arrival of thousands of refugees, austria has announced plans to erect a 400 meter high fence as a way to slow down the flow of migrants. forming part of europe's borderless schengen zone, brenner is one of the routes that migrants use as they head towards northern europe. while italy vehemently opposes the plan, there is more and more support for border controls from the austrian side. yet the people who live and work in the region are not happy about it. >> michael kerschbaumer has been up since 3:00 a.m. this morning, he's alr

i'm michelle henery. thank you for joining us.n today's show -- sloakia's growing paramilitary force. overspending in spain -- a village impoverished by corruption. and, counting hungry crows in switzerland. here in europe the popularity of far right parties is on the rise. they have spread their xenophobic message on the back of fears about the arrival of hundred of thousands of migrants from the middle east and north africa during the refugee crisis. one country that has become unapologetically outspoken about its fear of refugees is slovakia. it has been heralded as an eu success story after breaking away from czechoslovakia and forming an independent democracy. but a worrying development today is a remarkable increase in the number of paramilitary groups in slovakia. our reporter visited its largest, called the branci. reporter: twice a month they go to war. at least, that's what it looks like at first glance. these paramilitaries say they want to protect slovakia as though the country wasn't part of a europe at peace, but ins

i'm michelle henery. thank you for joining us. on today's show: gearing up to close the austrian border, getting to grips with drugs in russia, singing your way to success in sweden. there is a picturesque mountain crossing that connects italy and austria called the brenner pass. there cows graze, famers raise crops and the austrians and italians who live in the area, mingle easily. but this border region, once seen as a symbol of europe's cohesion, could now herald its disintegration. fearing the arrival of thousanas of refugees, austria has announced plans to erect a 400 meter high fence as a way to slow down the flow of migrants. formining part of europe's borderless schengen zone, brenner is one of the routes that migrants use as they head towards northern europe. while italy vehemently opposes the plan, there is more and more support for border controls from the austrian side. yet the people who live and work in the region are not happy about it. >> michael kerschbaumer has been up since 3:00 a.m. this morning, he's already b

i'm michelle henery. thanks for joining us.p on today's show -- turkey's pipe-carving tradition goes up in smoke . holidaymakers fear clear -- holidaymakers steer clear of belgium and survivalists in poland prepare for disaster. for the people who joined colonia dignidad, a secretive sect, secluded in the andes mountains of chile, there was no escape. founded in 1961, by germans, most of them former nazis, there horrifying events unfolded, including torture, slavery and child abuse. at that time , german diplomats in chile did nothing to stop the atrocities. now its victims, including erick zott, hope that germany's decision to declassify files about the group will finally help them get justice. reporter: this is erick zott's first visit to berlin in years - , a trip in decades past he would not have been free to embark on. his time trapped in the infamous colonia dignidad cult has left him traumatized, not least because of the torture he was subjected to. >> colonia dignidad remains something that i can never forget. attitudes